Improvement in corn-shock binders



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE."

CALVIN STOWE, OF BRAUEVlLLE, OHIG.

IMPROVEMENT lN CORN-SHOCK BINDERS.

Specification forming part of Letterslatent No. 28,019, d ated April 24, 1860.

To all whom t may conce/ru:

Beit known that I, CALVIN S'rowE, of Braceville, in the county of Trumbull and State of Ohio, huveinvented a new and useful Irnprovement in the Construction of Corn-Shock Binders; and I do hereby declare that the following is e full, clear, and exact description ofthe construction and operation of the seme, reference being had to the annexed drawing,1nak.

ing a part of this specification, in which- A represents the spindle or shaft; B, the crank; O, the sliding handle; D, the rope; E, the hook; jff, knots in the rope.

The operation is as follows: A shook ofeorn is set up in the usual wey, the spindleis thrust into it with the crank downward, the rope is put around the shook, the hook drawn over one ofthe knots. The crank is then turned,

CALVIN STOVE.

Witnesses:

HENRY S'rowE, GEORGE STowE. 

